LFS Lesson Plan
Digital Citizenship Day# 8
EMAIL Netiquette
Unit EQ: Why should you use computers responsibly?
LEQ: How is email different from writing a letter?
Activating Strategies: Have students open their gaggle account and read am email sent to them by the instructor.
Acceleration/Previewing/Vocabulary: Email, Emoticons, Attachments, Courtesy Copy, Blind Courtesy Copy, Web based vs Download
Teaching Strategies and Distributed Guided Practice/Summarizing Prompts
take from http://www.aacps.org/aacps/sevrivms/email_etiquette.htm
  1. Write as if you were speaking to someone, but don't write anything you wouldn't say directly to them
  2. It should be understood that expectations of civility in communications are the same for email as for face-to-face communication.
  3. Compose a clear and concise message explaining the issue, stating a concern, or asking a question
  4. Remember, people can quickly send an email in a moment of anger, so take your time to respond once you have carefully thought about your response. A hostile email is only going to exacerbate the situation and make the recipient defensive.
  5. Respect confidentiality
  6. Reread what you have written after you have composed your email to ensure all of the above mentioned guidelines have been followed.
  7. Remember that anything you write in an email provides the recipient with a permanent written record
  8. Review your message once more before sending it to be sure that you are communicating the message you intend
  9. Compose a clear and concise message explaining the issue, stating a concern, or asking a question.
  10. Do not forward anyone's email address without their knowledge.
  11. Do not "Respond to All" if you just need to communicate with the original sender.
  12. What is BC: vs CC:
  13. Do not forward anyone's email address without their knowledge.
  14. Respond in a reasonable amount of time (within 24-48 hours).
  15. Your not anonymous even if you don't use your name in email.
  16. Don't send to the wrong person!

Summarizing Strategies: 3 -2-1 Respond to your teachers email on gaggle.
Email the answers to these things to your teacher in your reply.
3
things you learned,
2
mistakes you have made
1 good thing you already do.
Homework: